Fence-machine



' (No Model.)

A. R.'00NGBR.

PENGB MACHINE. No. 340,421.

PatentedApr. 20., 1886.

[jg/wifi IN VENTOR N. linens, Phamumagnplwr, wmingm l1 c UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT R. CONGER, OF EATON, OHIO.

FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,421, dated April 20, 1886 Application filed February 26,-1886. Serial No. 193,295. (No model.)

Eaton, in the county of Preble and State ofv Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FenceMachines; and'I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View oi the twister-frame and the twisters of a picket and wire fence making machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe spindle and its pinion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. y

My invention has relation to twisters for machines for making picket and wire fencing, in which two wire strands are carried through perforations or channels-in the twister-head and a picket dropped between the wire strands, whereupon the strands are twisted by means of the head; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a twister-head, in which the wire strands are carried in longitudinal grooves in a spindle having a square central portion, upon which the pinion is fitted, and having perforated cross-heads at its ends, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the spindle of the twister, which consists of a central square or prismatic portion, B, and cylindrical ends C O, which/may turn in the bearings D, formed in the upright bars E E of the twister-frame, in which bearings the twisters are journaled. The spindle is formed with tWo longitudinal diametricallyopposite grooves,F F, through which the wires may pass, and thesquare or polygonal central aperture, G, inthe hub of the pinion H may t upon the square or prismatic central portion of the spindle, so that the spindle may be revolved with the cog-wheel or pinion. Two cross-heads, I I, are secured upon the ends of the spindle and have perforations J J in their ends, which perforations register with the grooves in the spindle, so that the wire strands may pass through the perforations of a crosshead at one end, along the grooves in the spindle, and thereupon out through the perfoi-ations in the cross head at the other end of the spindle. The pinions of the several spindies in the twister-frame engage each other, and all the spindles will thus be revolved when one pinion is revolved, which may be done by a pinion or cog-wheel at the side of the twister-frame, which will engage one pinion. The perforations of the' cross-heads will spread the wires suiiiciently'to allowthe pickets to be dropped between them, and the entire twister-head will be of a very simple and durable construction.

The spindle is preferably made of wood, while the pinion and the cross-heads are metallic, the crossheads being securedr to the ends of the spindle by means of screws or nails, and this will simplify the construction of the twister-head, and will reduce the cost of manufacture to a comparatively low price. The pinion will be held upon the spindle by its square aperture fitting upon the square portion of the spindle, and'will be easily removed from the spindle when the spindle is taken out of the frame, while it will revolve the spindle with it when revolved.

Having thus described my invention, l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-y In a twister-head for a machine for making picket and wire fencing, the combination of a spindle having an angular central portion and cylindrical ends, and formed with diametrically-opposite longitudinal grooves in its sides, apinion having an angular central aperture fitting` upon the angular central portion of the spindle, and cross-pieces upon the ends of the spindle having perforations in their ends registering with the ends of the grooves, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I lhave hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT R. OONGER..

Vitnesses:

J. W. KING, C. H. MCMANUS. 

